sweetlips

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noun

Any member of the genus Plectorhinchus of fish with large fleshy lips.

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Meanings

nounsweetlips (plural sweetlips)
  1. Any member of the genus Plectorhinchus of fish with large fleshy lips.
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    Kenny Gamble, Dockside Dave’s manager and chef, has often heard the question since a Florida attorney general’s investigation revealed this year that 17 of 24 other restaurants in and around Tampa Bay were passing off cheaper imported fish — tilapia, bream, hake, sutchi, emperor, green weakfish, painted sweetlips — as grouper.

    2007 May 27, Lynn Waddell, “That Grouper on the Menu? Turns Out It Was a Fish Tale”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
sweetlip

Origin

From sweet + lips.

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Translations

Tagalog gulyabaw
  • gulyabawany member of the genus Plectorhinchus of fish with large fleshy lips
Cite this entry
APA

sweetlips. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweetlips

MLA

“sweetlips.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweetlips. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sweetlips,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweetlips.

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